Cross-country comparison over absolute dates

Confirmed

Dead

Daily Dead (7-Day Average)

Active

Cross-country comparison with approximately aligned start days

Confirmed

Dead

Daily Dead (7-Day Average)

Active

Per-country analysis with exponential and sigmoidal projections, and new cases analysis

IMPORTANT: The projections are only accurate if the fit is good (it often isn't), and assuming nothing changes going forward. The sigmoid is omitted if a reasonable fit can't be computed, but this still doesn't mean that the fit is good if it is shown.

The dashed lines show best fit projections from a few previous days for comparison.

Croatia

Population $4,105,267$

Confirmed

Start date 2020-02-28 (1st day with 1 confirmed per million)

Latest number $2,246$ on 2020-06-03

Best fit exponential: \(507 \times 10^{0.008t}\) (doubling rate \(38.3\) days)
Best fit sigmoid: \(\dfrac{2,202.0}{1 + 10^{-0.057 (t - 37.5)}}\) (asimptote \(2,202.0\))

Dead

Start date 2020-03-19 (1st day with 0.1 dead per million)

Latest number $103$ on 2020-06-03

Best fit exponential: \(17.8 \times 10^{0.011t}\) (doubling rate \(26.8\) days)
Best fit sigmoid: \(\dfrac{103.5}{1 + 10^{-0.047 (t - 36.0)}}\) (asimptote \(103.5\))

Active

Start date 2020-02-28 (1st day with 1 active per million)

Latest number $48$ on 2020-06-03

Switzerland

Population $8,654,622$

Confirmed

Start date 2020-02-29 (1st day with 1 confirmed per million)

Latest number $30,893$ on 2020-06-03

Best fit exponential: \(9.04 \times 10^{3} \times 10^{0.007t}\) (doubling rate \(45.0\) days)
Best fit sigmoid: \(\dfrac{30,214.4}{1 + 10^{-0.062 (t - 31.1)}}\) (asimptote \(30,214.4\))

Dead

Start date 2020-03-05 (1st day with 0.1 dead per million)

Latest number $1,921$ on 2020-06-03

Best fit exponential: \(404 \times 10^{0.009t}\) (doubling rate \(34.6\) days)
Best fit sigmoid: \(\dfrac{1,892.3}{1 + 10^{-0.055 (t - 37.0)}}\) (asimptote \(1,892.3\))

Active

Start date 2020-02-29 (1st day with 1 active per million)

Latest number $372$ on 2020-06-03

Italy

Population $60,461,826$

Confirmed

Start date 2020-02-22 (1st day with 1 confirmed per million)

Latest number $233,836$ on 2020-06-03

Best fit exponential: \(4.79 \times 10^{4} \times 10^{0.008t}\) (doubling rate \(39.1\) days)
Best fit sigmoid: \(\dfrac{227,649.6}{1 + 10^{-0.041 (t - 42.3)}}\) (asimptote \(227,649.6\))

Dead

Start date 2020-02-24 (1st day with 0.1 dead per million)

Latest number $33,601$ on 2020-06-03

Best fit exponential: \(5.99 \times 10^{3} \times 10^{0.008t}\) (doubling rate \(35.7\) days)
Best fit sigmoid: \(\dfrac{32,551.5}{1 + 10^{-0.040 (t - 44.3)}}\) (asimptote \(32,551.5\))

Active

Start date 2020-02-23 (1st day with 1 active per million)

Latest number $39,297$ on 2020-06-03

US

Population $331,002,651$

Confirmed

Start date 2020-03-07 (1st day with 1 confirmed per million)

Latest number $1,851,520$ on 2020-06-03

Best fit exponential: \(1.97 \times 10^{5} \times 10^{0.012t}\) (doubling rate \(25.7\) days)
Best fit sigmoid: \(\dfrac{1,832,236.5}{1 + 10^{-0.033 (t - 50.3)}}\) (asimptote \(1,832,236.5\))

Dead

Start date 2020-03-11 (1st day with 0.1 dead per million)

Latest number $107,175$ on 2020-06-03

Best fit exponential: \(1.17 \times 10^{4} \times 10^{0.012t}\) (doubling rate \(24.5\) days)
Best fit sigmoid: \(\dfrac{105,413.9}{1 + 10^{-0.039 (t - 46.7)}}\) (asimptote \(105,413.9\))

Active

Start date 2020-03-07 (1st day with 1 active per million)

Latest number $1,265,087$ on 2020-06-03

United Kingdom

Population $67,886,011$

Confirmed

Start date 2020-03-04 (1st day with 1 confirmed per million)

Latest number $281,270$ on 2020-06-03

Best fit exponential: \(2.88 \times 10^{4} \times 10^{0.012t}\) (doubling rate \(25.7\) days)
Best fit sigmoid: \(\dfrac{280,685.3}{1 + 10^{-0.037 (t - 51.7)}}\) (asimptote \(280,685.3\))

Dead

Start date 2020-03-10 (1st day with 0.1 dead per million)

Latest number $39,811$ on 2020-06-03

Best fit exponential: \(5.32 \times 10^{3} \times 10^{0.011t}\) (doubling rate \(26.9\) days)
Best fit sigmoid: \(\dfrac{37,873.7}{1 + 10^{-0.044 (t - 42.7)}}\) (asimptote \(37,873.7\))

Active

Start date 2020-03-04 (1st day with 1 active per million)

Latest number $240,247$ on 2020-06-03

Sweden

Population $10,099,265$

Confirmed

Start date 2020-02-29 (1st day with 1 confirmed per million)

Latest number $40,803$ on 2020-06-03

Best fit exponential: \(3.01 \times 10^{3} \times 10^{0.012t}\) (doubling rate \(24.6\) days)
Best fit sigmoid: \(\dfrac{41,401.6}{1 + 10^{-0.028 (t - 62.3)}}\) (asimptote \(41,401.6\))

Dead

Start date 2020-03-14 (1st day with 0.1 dead per million)

Latest number $4,542$ on 2020-06-03

Best fit exponential: \(498 \times 10^{0.013t}\) (doubling rate \(23.8\) days)
Best fit sigmoid: \(\dfrac{4,448.0}{1 + 10^{-0.039 (t - 45.3)}}\) (asimptote \(4,448.0\))

Active

Start date 2020-02-29 (1st day with 1 active per million)

Latest number $36,261$ on 2020-06-03

Germany

Population $83,783,942$

Confirmed

Start date 2020-03-01 (1st day with 1 confirmed per million)

Latest number $184,121$ on 2020-06-03

Best fit exponential: \(4.33 \times 10^{4} \times 10^{0.008t}\) (doubling rate \(39.1\) days)
Best fit sigmoid: \(\dfrac{175,811.8}{1 + 10^{-0.053 (t - 35.1)}}\) (asimptote \(175,811.8\))

Dead

Start date 2020-03-14 (1st day with 0.1 dead per million)

Latest number $8,602$ on 2020-06-03

Best fit exponential: \(1.6 \times 10^{3} \times 10^{0.010t}\) (doubling rate \(29.7\) days)
Best fit sigmoid: \(\dfrac{8,355.0}{1 + 10^{-0.050 (t - 35.6)}}\) (asimptote \(8,355.0\))

Active

Start date 2020-03-01 (1st day with 1 active per million)

Latest number $8,066$ on 2020-06-03

Recovering countries that had over 300 active cases at peak

List of all recovering countries (the top 4 not covered above are also analyzed below)

Luxembourg recovered 98%
Taiwan* recovered 97%
Croatia recovered 96%
Thailand recovered 96%
Austria recovered 95%
Niger recovered 92%
Japan recovered 89%
Germany recovered 89%
Estonia recovered 88%
Slovakia recovered 88%
Andorra recovered 87%
Malta recovered 86%
Denmark recovered 83%
Morocco recovered 74%
Uruguay recovered 66%
Lithuania recovered 66%
Italy recovered 64%
Turkey recovered 62%
Georgia recovered 60%
Chad recovered 59%
Bosnia and Herzegovina recovered 55%
San Marino recovered 49%
Jamaica recovered 48%
Serbia recovered 43%
Romania recovered 41%
Singapore recovered 38%
Qatar recovered 31%
Saudi Arabia recovered 22%
Bulgaria recovered 20%
Sierra Leone recovered 16%
Algeria recovered 10%
Canada recovered 1%

Luxembourg

Population $625,978$

Confirmed

Start date 2020-02-29 (1st day with 1 confirmed per million)

Latest number $4,024$ on 2020-06-03

Best fit exponential: \(1.13 \times 10^{3} \times 10^{0.007t}\) (doubling rate \(43.7\) days)
Best fit sigmoid: \(\dfrac{3,870.7}{1 + 10^{-0.070 (t - 31.2)}}\) (asimptote \(3,870.7\))

Dead

Start date 2020-03-14 (1st day with 0.1 dead per million)

Latest number $110$ on 2020-06-03

Best fit exponential: \(28.9 \times 10^{0.008t}\) (doubling rate \(36.3\) days)
Best fit sigmoid: \(\dfrac{107.6}{1 + 10^{-0.047 (t - 29.2)}}\) (asimptote \(107.6\))

Active

Start date 2020-02-29 (1st day with 1 active per million)

Latest number $53$ on 2020-06-03

Taiwan*

Population $23,816,775$

Confirmed

Start date 2020-02-20 (1st day with 1 confirmed per million)

Latest number $443$ on 2020-06-03

Best fit exponential: \(132 \times 10^{0.006t}\) (doubling rate \(49.9\) days)
Best fit sigmoid: \(\dfrac{436.4}{1 + 10^{-0.061 (t - 34.9)}}\) (asimptote \(436.4\))

Dead

Start date 2020-03-30 (1st day with 0.1 dead per million)

Latest number $7$ on 2020-06-03

Active

Start date 2020-02-23 (1st day with 1 active per million)

Latest number $8$ on 2020-06-03

Thailand

Population $69,799,978$

Confirmed

Start date 2020-03-12 (1st day with 1 confirmed per million)

Latest number $3,084$ on 2020-06-03

Best fit exponential: \(1.28 \times 10^{3} \times 10^{0.006t}\) (doubling rate \(53.5\) days)
Best fit sigmoid: \(\dfrac{2,997.2}{1 + 10^{-0.069 (t - 19.5)}}\) (asimptote \(2,997.2\))

Dead

Start date 2020-03-29 (1st day with 0.1 dead per million)

Latest number $58$ on 2020-06-03

Best fit exponential: \(30.4 \times 10^{0.005t}\) (doubling rate \(58.7\) days)
Best fit sigmoid: \(\dfrac{56.0}{1 + 10^{-0.069 (t - 10.8)}}\) (asimptote \(56.0\))

Active

Start date 2020-03-15 (1st day with 1 active per million)

Latest number $58$ on 2020-06-03

Austria

Population $9,006,398$

Confirmed

Start date 2020-03-01 (1st day with 1 confirmed per million)

Latest number $16,771$ on 2020-06-03

Best fit exponential: \(5.06 \times 10^{3} \times 10^{0.007t}\) (doubling rate \(46.1\) days)
Best fit sigmoid: \(\dfrac{15,878.4}{1 + 10^{-0.072 (t - 28.7)}}\) (asimptote \(15,878.4\))

Dead

Start date 2020-03-12 (1st day with 0.1 dead per million)

Latest number $670$ on 2020-06-03

Best fit exponential: \(158 \times 10^{0.009t}\) (doubling rate \(34.8\) days)
Best fit sigmoid: \(\dfrac{641.8}{1 + 10^{-0.056 (t - 31.4)}}\) (asimptote \(641.8\))

Active

Start date 2020-03-01 (1st day with 1 active per million)

Latest number $429$ on 2020-06-03